The light and shadow in front of me were mottled. After the space stabilized, Mu Zhong found himself appearing in a straight and deep alley.

The walls of the alley are blue and gray, with moss spreading upwards and some small weeds with extremely tenacious vitality at the corners.

This is like a long-standing alley.

At the end of the front - about seventy or eighty meters away, there is an unknown shop.

The reason why it is said to be "unknown" is because the store name of the store is written in words that the wooden clock is completely unrecognizable.

However, when I came here, I think that store should be the legendary "Devil's Shop".

Mu Zhong moved his steps and walked towards the "Devil's Shop". As he walked, he moved his mind and looked back.

There is still light in front, but the further back, the darker it becomes, just like a road to the abyss, making people feel inexplicably disliked.

"A strange place."

.....

The ‘Devil’ is a brown wooden house. From the outside, the store is classic and elegant. This style does not have the feeling of ‘Devil’.

The ‘door’ is set in the center and requires two wooden steps to be stepped on.

On the pillar on the right side of the eaves, there is a candle lamp flashing with bright yellow light. There is no other light source around it. The light is provided by it, which means leading the visitor a little and illuminating the way it comes.

Mu Zhong stepped onto the steps and reached out to touch the wooden door. He almost didn't try hard, and the door opened without authorization.

“…”

After the door opened, the scene in the store came into his eyes.

Just looking at the decoration, this is a small bar, several booths, and several high platforms. The light in the store is dim and quiet.

After Mu Zhong entered, he walked straight to the bar. When he passed by, he saw many people sitting on the sofa at the booth and drinking and chatting.

Their figures were shrouded in gray, and only the approximate shape could be seen. Their faces were changing and they should be talking, but there was no sound. I think they were blocked by gray.

...

Mu Zhong walked to the bar and sat down.

At the bar, a handsome man dressed in a waiter came over.

He had two small black sharp corners on his head, which were very eye-catching.

"Yo~ a guest from Wu World." He handed over a price list and then said, "Do you need something to drink?"

The devil's voice is very nice, both magnetic and charming lazy.

When Mu Zhong was checking the list of wine, he took out a transparent glass from somewhere, shook it, and white water appeared in the cup, and then poured it out. It seemed like cleaning the cup.

He said, "Beautiful lady, please allow me to introduce myself first. My name is Daiwen, the owner and waiter of this bar. If you feel kind, you can call me Brother Daiwen or grandpa."

....

The price list given by Dai Wen is written in the "Universal World Text".

After looking at it for a while, Mu Zhong shook his head: "It's too expensive, why does it cost 100 coins to even a cup of colorless fresh water?"

"That's not colorless and odorless water, it's a piece of lemon."

Putting down the price list, Mu Zhong looked at the other party with displeasure: "My name is Mu Zhong. You just said something wrong. I am not a 'beautiful lady', I am a man."

"..." Dai Wen paused for two seconds and suddenly said, "Ahhh, this really... surprised me, the devil. Do you need me to change my cute image?"

——The devil is unpredictable, both men and women.

"No. Do you allow yourself to bring your own drinks here?"

"This will make me embarrassed."

"Then you'll be in a dilemma."

The Mu Zhong's right hand, who was placed on the bar, made a gesture of "holding the cup". The white light ball changed in his hand and eventually turned into a cup of steaming black coffee.

“…”

...

The devil is good at seeing through the human nature of a ‘human’. If he can’t see through it very well, then that person is most likely not a ‘human’.

Daiven sniffed the temperature, "I smelled the aroma of nature and the coffee scent of instant black coffee. Are you an elf, this guest?"

“…”

After coming in here, Mu Zhong was always ready to "smash the place", so his behavior became more casual.

He shook his head unhappily: "Human."

“This… doesn’t look like that.”

"It's still human."

"Well... I can understand this."

The two chatted for a few words.

At this time, the store door opened again, and a confused and somewhat frightened gray-haired boy walked in outside.

——This is a complete human being.

Dai Wen showed the devil's cunning smile, "Guest Mu Zhong, please wait a moment, there is a little guest who needs my help."

………

The boy who came in carefully walked to the bar counter. He glanced at Mu Zhong, his eyes full of surprise, and then quickly turned his eyes away, not daring to look at him a few more times.

Dai Wen pointed to the seat in front of the bar and said, "Little Guest, please sit."

After the boy sat down, the two chatted for a few words and exchanged names with each other.

Devin poured a glass of milk to the other party, "Warm milk, free."

"Thank you." - After the boy took a sip of milk, his panic became obviously calmer.

"So, what trouble do you have and need my help?"

"The people in my village were killed by the evil undead skeleton."

"Oh...that's so pitiful. Do you want the power of revenge?"

"yes."

"What kind of power do you want?"

"I want to be a knight."

“…”

As he spoke, Dai Wen's eyes turned into black background and white eyes, and his originally gentle expression also turned into a distorted smile.

Then the moment the boy raised his head, he returned to his original state.

Devin took out a brown contract document and turned the front to the other side. He smiled and said, "It may not be nice to say this. I am a business devil, I have everything you need, but at the cost, I need your soul. Then... I have three trading options here."

As he said that, he stretched out his finger and pointed at the cup in front of the other side, "Before explaining, let me give you an example, for example, this full cup is your soul. The first solution is to give me about one-fifty-tenth of the soul. I can force you to change your position and become a knight, but you also know that you do not have the talent of the extraordinary, and after the transfer, you will be weaker than other knights.

The second type, give me one-fifth of my soul, I can make you a knight with top talent, but... because you lack one-fifth of your soul, your magic power will be very low."

The boy asked, “How low is it?”

Devin: “One-fifth of the regular.”

"What about the third type?"

"The third type, I make an appointment for all your souls after death. Choose the third type, and you will become a complete, top-notch knight. And at the cost, your soul after death will belong to me. At the same time, in order to avoid the loopholes in "eternal life", your life will not last more than two hundred years."

After a while of silence, the boy resolutely said, "I'll choose the third one."

Dai Wen smiled and handed out a black quill: "Thank you for your patronage."

After the boy wrote down his name, his figure gradually disappeared here.

………

——Devil’s Transaction—

After the boy left, Devin took back the glass of milk, poured out the uncooked ones, and washed them with clean water.

He shook his cup and said, "Most of the guests who come here to trade have had very unfortunate things. This cup of milk can eliminate their fear and panic and calm their minds completely. I never use their emotions, and all transactions are chosen by them voluntarily."

This kind of transaction is not equal from the beginning.

——Mu Zhong pursed his lips and didn't take the other person's words to heart.

He took a sip of coffee and said slowly, "I'll ask you something, can the transaction you made here be cancelled?"

Dai Wen was stunned for a moment. He didn't understand why the other party asked, "Of course."

"I want you to cancel the deal with one person."

"Who?"

“Sein.”
To be continued...